PAMOJA UK
Pamoja UK
Trustees, Annual Report, Independent Examiner's
Report and Financial Statements
1 st January 2024 to 31st December 2024
REGISTERED CHARITY NO 1085466

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Table of Contents
Trustees, Annual Report.....
Governing Document....................................................................................................................
Trustees........................................................................................................................................
Bankers......................................................... ...............................................................................
Objectives........ ................................................................................
Statement of Public Benefit...........................................................................................................
How We Work...........................................................................................................................,...
Activities and Achievements.
Financial Review..
Reserves Policy............................................................................................................................
Future Plans...................................................................
Chair of Trustees Declaration .
Independent Examiner's Report....
Registered Charity No. 1085466...........................
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner...................................................
Basis of Independent Exarninerfs Report...
Independent Examiner's DecL4ration....................................................,.....................................
Financial Statements..........................-....-.......................................-.-.-
10
Statement of Financial Ath'vities......-.........................................................................
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Balance Sheet as at 3111 December 2024..
11
Treasurer's Declarats'on............
11
Notes to the Accounts.....
.12
Detsiled Income & Expendrture by Fund........................................................... ................................. 14
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TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements of the chanty for 1 st January
2024 to 31 st December 2024. These have been prepared in accordance with the accounting
policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's trust deed, and the
Charities Act 2011.
Governing Document
Declaration of trust dated 19th October 2000 as amended by supplemental deed 25 January
2001
Trustees
Tim Griffin
Richard Stannard
Jo Hill
Sheena G17ffin
Chair
Secretary
Treasurer (retired 15.06.2024)
Treasurer
Bankers
HSBC Bank PLC
3 Leigh Road
Eastleigh
S050 9YW
Shawbrook Trust
Lutea House
Warley Hill Business Park
The Drive
Great Warley
Brenhvood
Essex
CM13 3BE
Objectives
The objectives of Pamoja are the advancement of the Christian religion. the relief of povety and
the advan￿ment of education in accordance with the principles of the Evangelical Christian
church in Africa.
NOTE: the relief of povety includes provision of health care and medical needs.
Statement of Public Benefit
The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the Charity Commission's guidance on public
benefit when reviewing the Trust's aims and objectives, in planning future acts'vities and setting
the grant making policy for the year.
Pamoja provides public benefrt by..
communirAtmg Gospel of Jesus Chnst try)th to those we serve in Africa and our
communts in the UK
2. prov￿Ing dothing, feeding and housing to those in in Ath'ca
3. prov￿Ing access to education for Afnc3ns
4. provhling awess to medicat￿n in Africz
5. provKling relEf when there is a humanrtarian crisis in Africa
involving people in the UK and els￿ in helping others who are less fortunate
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How We Work
Trustees
New trustees are appointed by existing trustees from time to time. Potential trustees must be
sympathetic to the aims and objectives of the charity. There are no provisions regarding
compulsory retirement of trustees. There must be a minimum of three trustees at any time, but
there is no maximum number. Trustees normally meet every three months, but in any event, not
less than twice a year.
Partnerships
During the year, Pamoja worked in partnership wrth Pamoja Development Projects (PDP) in
Kenya. PDP is a registered non-govemmentsl organisation (NGO) run by trustees who are born
again Christs'ans and who hold all the objects'ves of Pamoja. At all ts'mes there is at least one
Pamoja trustee also acting as a trustee for PDP. Pamoja works very closely with those involved in
PDP and the projects that PDP are involved in enable Pamoja to fulfil their aims and objects'ves.
Pamoja works in pathership wrth Blythswood Care based in Scotland {Scottish Charity Register
SC021848) Blythswood Care contnbutions to Pamoja primarily support education and projects
located at Magina.
Volunteers
Some Pamoja supporters volunteer to support the operation of Pamoja UK in roles like book-
keeping, education coordination, newsletters, and other ad-hoc tssks. The support that these
volunteers provide is essential for the charity to operate and is very much appreciated.
Agency Collections
P8moja acts as an Agent for three charities or charitable trusts, to enable their contributions to be
ch8nn8118d to the specific area they wish to be involved in, in Kenya, each one of which has
similar aims to Pamoja. The total received and distributed in 2024 was £4,760.12. These are
separate to, and thereft)re not shown in, the Statement of Financial Activities.
Activities and Achievements
Pamoja has achieved the following during this period in relats'on to the charity's objectives..
1. Tim and Sheena Gnffin, hvo of the trustees, visrted the Pamoja Development Projects
(PDP) in Kenya. Their visit was for 4 weeks during February. They were accompanied by
Toby Griffin as a volunteer who was painb'ng both at the Kware Care Centre and at the
School In Magina. Tim and Sheena were able to visit the Health Clinic at Endau where
they met Stephen the nurse and all the other staff. They also visited the Magina projects
and met with Millicent and Eric who run the Care cent￿ at Magina and the primary school
(Mier Pamoja Educational Centre) They stayed at the Kware Care Centre, just outside
Nairobi, so were able to meet with Mildred who runs the Kware Care Centre and interact
with the kids that live at the Centre. They also met wrth Robert who is also a PDP trustee.
Robert had re￿￿tlY lost his wife. They met with several of the Pamoja alumni children and
It was good to catch up with them. Most of them are active on the alumni whatsapp group.
2. Relief funds.. Pamoia was ab￿ to encx)urage and support Chrisban Pastors in 5 dfftrent areas
of Kerya {Magina, Yatta, Endau, Nairobi, Muthiga and beyond Kitui) by provFding them funds
for relief food to distribute to their church members and local ￿MMunity These areas have had
failed harvests for the past 3 years. We encouraged those giving out the relEf fijnds to preach
the gocKI news of Jesus whilst distributsng gcojs.
3. Caring for very needy children & or￿anS in PanK)Ja's Iwo care centres at Kware and Magina.
At the Kware centre we conts'nue to care for 8 rescue children as well as 9 more permanent
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children. These children are brought to the Centre through the FY)11￿ and Children's social
serVI￿S department. Sponsor5 for the Care Centre children pay for clothes, toileth'es, fc£KI and
all expenses outside of schwl. Their sponsnrship money also pays for Centre staff wages and
rna1ntenan￿ of the buildings. A new eco ccrf)kJ'ng stove was bought for the kitchen at the Kware
Centre. Stone chippings were l)ought to raise levpj of the g￿ur￿l at Kware to combat
flooding issues on the comFound.
4. Magina Care Centre. One new child c2ry￿ to live at the Magina Care Centre during 2024. The
boundary fen￿ has been replaced and there is a new front and bad( gate to increase security.
The new dining-room is being well used.
5. Educational sponsorship schemes. Pamqa sponsored 137 children in education in 2024.
The majonty, 65, at primary school, 31 in Junior high school, 22 in secondary school, 10 in
college and 9 at university. Some children are doing vocational training to allow them to be
self£mployed in the future as finding a job is very difficult in Kenya. Our university
students are studying Teaching. Nursing, Engineering, Finance, Economics and Business
Studies. School children are given a school unifom, a pair of school shoes and a PE kit.
They are also given textbooks for school. Thank you to everyone that is helping our kids
get an educab'on.
6. Mier Pamoja Educational Centre.. Pamoja continues to support the primary school in
Magina by sponsoring 74 children to go to the school. 20 new children were added to the
sponsorship programme at the beginning of 2024. Through Blythswood ca￿ we were
able to continue to provide a cooked school lunch at the school every day for both staff
and pupils. Pamoj'a donated 6 laptops to the school. Gffts of money from Pamoja were
used to buy textbooks, library books and other teaching resources for the school. Pamoja
funded building a new dining room at the school with a tiled floor. The building is complete
and being used but it still needs to be painted.
7. Sheen8 was the main speaker at the Ladies Conference day in Magina. Pamoja paid for
tea and bread for lunch for all who attended. Sheena's topic of teaching was the reactions
different people had to Jesus In the last week of his life- from John Chapter 12. One
hundred ladies attended the evenL
8. PamoJa UK funded the purchase of a piece of18nd in the Magina area so houses can be
built for 3 young men who do not have family land to build on. We hope to fund the fencing
and building of houses on the land in 2025. One of the young men is a fomer street boy.
All 3 boys grew up at the Magina Care Centre.
9. Help was given to a project in Tala to support orphans and another project in Yatta where
Pamoja helped with school fees for orphans.
10. Endau Heath Clinic.. Pamja prowdes wages for the staff working at the clinTrc. The clinic
employs a nurse, a nurse aKI, a npht guard. a groundsman and a cleaner. Most pab'ents pay for
treatment but the clinic gives free medicatson to those very needy from the Eocal community.
Pamoja sent extra money eath month to cover"free" medication for those who could not afford
it. The motorbike that was bought in 2021 is being used to prowde a mobile clinic in remote
villages. Pamoja contr'nues to support the expenses of these clinics (mainly paying rent for use
of a building). Parwja gave funds to complete the extensron building and repairs to the main
building. All that remains now is paints'ng. The extension provths separate rooms for
patsents to stsy ovemight.
11. Individual sponsors helped 7 alumni children ether set up businesses or expand their
existing businesses so that they can be self-employed as jobs s￿ very difficult to find in
Kenya at present.
12. A modest monetary gift was sent to all Kenyan Pamoja stsff as a hardship allowan￿.
Prices of food have continued to rise in Kenya over 2024.
13. One Alumni young man received 2 pairs of special built up shoes as he has one leg
shorter than the other.
14. Pamoja is now supporting one boy - James - to attend bible college.
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15. Pamoja provided the sponsored children and their families with a Christmas gift of money.
This gift is supplied by the sponsors and passed on to the children.
16. A gift of £1000 was sent out to Pastor David in the Yatta region of Kenya. There was
terrible flooding in Yatta and 4 families needed help to rebuild or ￿pair their houses after
the fooding.
17. Pastor Paul asked for help to dig a well in his church area beyond Kitui. It is a very poor,
dry rural area. Well digging started in 2024 and will be completed in 2025. Pamoja paid for
a church day out for Paul's congregations - this enabled several churches to come
together for a day of fellowship and teaching.
18. Unfortunately Millicent, who works with our linked NGO Pamoj'a Development Projects
{PDP), was scammed via Fa￿book messenger and sent money to a scammer. After
Sheena had left the Magina area in Feb 2024, Millicent received a message from 'sheena"
on messenger asking her to send 100,000 Ksh (about £625 at the time) to a pastor Mark
who was undertaking a house build for a widow. This message had Sheena's photo and
used Infomiation very commonly discussed with Millicent. Millicent sent 70,000 Ksh of
PDP money and 30,000 Ksh of her own funds to this Pastor Mark. Millicent realised she
had been scammed almost immediately. She tried to reverse the action but could not. She
reported the incident to the police. By this time the numberlaccount she sent the money to
had been closed down. This money was never recovered. Pamoja UK reimbursed this
money Millicent knows Sheena will never contact her on messenger.
19. Sheena Griffin and Sue Stannard had to make an emergency visit to Kenya at the end of
October. Sue stayed for 2 weeks and Sheena stayed till end of November. Mildred, who
works with our linked NGO Pamoja Development Projects (PDP), at the Kware Care
Centre became unwell. Bills and wages had not been paid at the end of September and
through all of October. Some misappropriation of funds and mis-management at the
Kware Care Centre meant that Mildred resigned from her post as Matron at the Centre
and administrator of Pamoja Development Projects. Pamoja UK informed its supporters of
these happenings via mailchimp newsletters in November, and by explaining these events
while talking at various different church groupslmeetings. Mildred had been working at the
Kware Care Centre for 12 years. It transpires that Mildred misappropnated about 1.4
million Ksh (£7,898) New procedures are now in place to better protect PDP funds. A new
administrator has been appointed. There are 3 signatories for the PDP bank accounts.
Separate mpesa (money accounts using mobile phones) accounts are held for different
projects and administered by drfferent people, with monthly mpsea statements viewed by
Sheena Griffin (treasurer PDP). Monthly accounts are to be kept more up to date
according to the policy It transpired that Mildred had failed to pay pension payments for
all employees for the whole of 2023 and 2024. This resulted in a fine equivalent to £625.
The deficit in funds caused by these losses will be covered by extra giving from the
Pamoja UK trustees and others for this specific purpose. The usual gifts given to Pamoja
will not be used to cover these losses.
Financial Review
Funds
Over the years funds have been set up for projects where donors expressed specrfic uses for
their gifts. As this became more complicated it was agreed to curtail these and ask donors to give
to general funds so that funding for the projects. together with emerging needs. could be met.
Existing Restricted funds are being used up and closed, or kept open unts'l deemed no longer
hecessary. Two further restricted funds were dosed during 2024.
Future projects will be funded from the general funds with daughter funds - designated by the
trustees - to be used to help monitor spending. Illhere a non-binding preference is expressed by
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a donor, other than the areas covered by the designated funds. these a￿ monitored as part of the
unrestricted funds.
Income
Overall income was £168,196 which was £1,493 less the previous year.
Expenditure
Overall expenditu￿ was £189,083. an in￿aSe of £7,869 on 2023. This expendItU￿ reflects the
intentionally higher expenditure than pre-covid spending, mainly due to the greater need for relief
funding.
The total UK spend on support costs of £3,371 was 1.79% of total expenditure.
Balance
The funds of the charity stand at £74,329 on the 31 st December 2024.
Reserves Policy
The Trustees have deterniined that the charty shall retain a reserve of at least £10,000
unrestricted fvnds to allow for variation in cash flow and unexpected events, and to cover
redundancy pay for workers in Kenya should the charity close. In line with Chanty Commission
guidance it was also agreed that, if possible, to keep a balance equal to half the yearly support
needed for the Pamoja projects so that, should we have to close, the ongoing projects will have
funding enough to wind down carefully. For 2024 this is around £50,000. There are no plans or
expectation that the chanty will close.
Future Plans
The charity will continue with (but is not limited to) the following acts'vitie8'.
1. Educabon SFX)nsorships induding Primary school, Junior Secondary SchcK)I, Form school and
universitylvc£*onal schdarships
2. Encouraging those who have benefftted from the Parnja project to be invofved
3. Development of the Magina schod. In 2024 we built the new schcol dining room which was
anticipated to happen in 2023. In 2025 we plan to tile at Eeast one veranda adjacent to the
dassrom at the sch(xJl and tile a furttrErt•K) classrom.
4. SUppO￿ng the care ￿ntreS at Kware and Magina. We plan to finish painting the rcy)fs, dom
and other at the Magina Care Centre, b)th insde and out. The KvRre Care Centre
needs a new krtchen and the present dining-room extended as the chiklren are geth'ng older
and bigger.1
5. RerrK)te area scxrth of Garissa where Paul kn'mami is pastor- we are in the process of digging
a VRII forthe Ioc21 communty
6. Relief as ne&led
7. Add new chikjren to the sponsorship programme to go to the stho)I In Magina
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Chair of Trustees Declaration
On behalf of the UK Trustees, I certify the statements made in this document are complete and
correct, giving an accurate view of the charity.
Pamoja UK
70, Meon Crescent
Chandlers Ford
Eastleigh
S053 2PB
Tim Grffin
Chair of Trustees
1st January 2024 to 31 st December 2024
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
Registered Charity No. 1085466
I report on the financial statements of Pamoja for the year from 1 January 2024 and ended 31
December 2024, which are set out on pages 9 to 13.
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
Charities Act 2011 ('the Acf). The chanty's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this
year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examinab'on is needed.
It is my responsibilty to..
examine the accounts under S￿)n 145 ofthe
to follow the appI￿able Directions gp4en by the Charity Cormiission {under seth'on 145(5)(b) of
the Art and
to state whether particular rnatte￿ have come to my attents'on
Basis of Independent Examinerfs Report
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity
Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and
a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also Includes consideration of any
unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees
conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that
would be required in an audit, and consequently the report is limited to those matters set out in
the statement below.
Independent Examinerfs Declaration
In connection with my examination, no matenal matters have come to my attents'on which gives
me cause to believe that in, any material respect..
the accounting recnrds were not kept in accordan￿ wth section 130 of the Charlties Art. or
the accounts did not act￿rd wth the accounting records
have no car￿eMS and have come across no other matters in cnnnection with the examination to
which attent￿n should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
188 Church Road
Bishopstoke
Eastleigh
S050 6BH
Michael Hams MIA8
Independent Examiner
1st January 2024 to 31 st December 2024
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Statement of Financial Activities
Unre•.
nd8
Restr.
funds
2024
Total
2023
Total
Incoming resources
Incorning resou￿5 from generated
funds
Voluntary income
Invèstment inwme
Total Incomlng rnsour¢
155.119
12,OW 187,119 168,737
1,077
1.077
953
156,196 12,000 168,196 169,690
Re8ource8 U88d
Charitable activities
Other resources Used
Linked NGO Ios8es from theft of fraud
Total ro•ource8 u•ed
163,796
14.017 177,814 177,998
2,659
3.498
3,219
7,898
7,898
174,353 14,857 189.211
181,215
Net Incomlng l outgolng re8ourco•
before transfer
{18,158) (2,867) (21,015) (11,525)
Tran$fern
Gross transfers between fund8- in
Gr08S transfers be￿88n funds- out
Nèt Incomlng l outgolng boforn
other galn8 11088
23.336
10,244
21,111
,225
10.244
(15.933) (5,083) 121.015) (11.625) A
23,338
Other recognl8ed galns I108U•
Nfrt movèmont In fund•
f15.933) 15,083> 121,015) 111,S25)
Reconclllatlon of fund•
Total fund8 brought foNArd
Total fund8 carrled forward
90.262
74.330
5,083
95,345 106.869
74,330 95.345
Pamoja does not undertake activikn'es for generating funds (trading).
All recognised gains and losses are ￿fleCted through the ststement of financial activities and no
separate statement of totsl recognised gains or losses is presented.
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Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2024
2024
Total
2023
Prior
Nots8
Flxed a88ets
Tangible as8ets
Currènt a8•ets
Debtors, tsx rebate due
C8sh at bank and in hand
4,220
91,124
95,344 B
69.235
74,329
Current Llabllttleo
Creditors.. Amounts after more than one year
Agency Coll￿110n$
Not curront asset•188• totsl Ilablllll
74,329
95,344
Total a•set• I￿* curr•nt Ilabllllla•
74.329
95,344
Total net a88ets leM Ilabllltle•
74,329
95,344
R•pmènted by
Unrestricted
Designated
Restncted
60,855 86.139
13,675
11,320
9.410
Fund• of the charlty
95,344
TreaSure￿S Declaration
The financial statements were approvad by the trustees on
signed on their behalf by..
and V￿re
Pamoja UK
70, Meon Crescent
Chandlers Ford
Eastleigh
S053 2PB
Sheena Gnffin
Treasurer
1 st January 2024 to 31st December 2024
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Notes to the Accounts
The initial notes in this section appty to this ents're document. The notes that are prefixed wtth a
letter of the alphabet relate to the statement of financial activrties (SOFA) and the balance sheet.
1: Policies
Accountin
conventlon
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at
cost or transactr'on value unless othep*vise stated in the relevant notes to these accounts, and in
accordance with applicable UK accounting standards.
In
All Income is accounted for on a received basis except for income tax refvnds and eX￿ptIOnal
items. All interest is nonnally paid into the un￿trIcted general fund.
Ex
endlturo
Expenditure is accounted for on a paid basis and has been analysed betsveen..
1. Costs of generdtng funds. Pamoia does not undertake activitss for generab'ng funds (trading).
2. charrtab￿ athmtss. This c*gory indudes all expenditure on actwities in futherance of the
charitys objects, including all expenditure on costs incurred in SUPFA)rt of the charitable
activit*s undertaken by the chanty.
3. Support costs. category indudes all expendrture on the managerrent and administrat'on
of the chanty.
4. Losses from theft or hud. Thts category Ind￿ any exceptDnal losses being disdosed in
the accounts.
In 2024 the chanty made use of the following funds:
1. UnrEstn'cted furKJs.
a. General funds that are unresthc*ed funds whth are availab￿ for use at the discretion
of the Trustees in furtheran￿ of the objectives of the Chanty and whi&) have not been
designa￿1 for other purposes.
2. Designated Funds.
Unrestr'cted funds a￿ allocat&l to these furth by the trustees for monitoring purFoses
(induding where a preferen￿ has been expressed, but not a restnc1￿n, by the donor)
They will be used for the wrposes desrffi'bed aganst each furKI unless there is no further
need. The furKls compnse..
Altemthe fund - Used to buy altemative gifts such as mediones for the clinic,
household rtems or ChI￿S and sheep for SUPFQrted causes.
b. Educ*on fund- to pay for
i. chiklren to go to sch(M)I
ii. unrfOm￿,.
iii. edu￿tIon cwdirAtion in Kerya.,
N. medical expenses for children enrolled in the education programme,.
v. relEf, food etc. for families of children enrolled in the educatson prcrfJramme
c. Endau Clinic fund- A heath clinic for the Endau and sumunding communities
d. Kware Care Centre fund - Used to support the Kware Centre and the very needy
child￿n and orphans that live there.
e. Magina Care fund - Used to supp)rt The Mier Pamqa Care Centre and the very
needy chiklren and orphans that INe there.
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3. Restricted Funds. SU￿6 donated to trEse funds are rest￿&￿ for the purposes desuibed. The
funds comprise..
Appe* fund a short4enn app8al In 2021 ihE was set up for one of our
workers in Kenya to reLeive care for urgent treatrEnL The worker is sb'll doing well
and this reslrthd appeals fund was dosed in 2024.
b. Magina School running costs fund - sUp￿rt for on-going costs of running the school.
The school is fee-paying, however, ParrK)ia pays the fees for chiklren enrolled in the
educats'on programme that attend the schojl and provides monies for sch¢)ol meals
Volunteern
The value of voluntary help received is not included in the financAal statements but is described in
the trustee's report.
2: Stsff and Trustees
No trustees In the UK received any remunerats.on during 2024 (2023.. £nil). There are no staff in
the UK, only volunteers.
A: Transfers
All designated & restncted funds that were in deficit on the 31 st December 2024 had funds
transferred to them from the unrestn'cted general fund so their end balance was zero.
B: Debtors
The only debtor to the charity was the Gift ￿'d owng for 2024, £5,094.
C: Liabilities
The charity has no liabilitses as at the end of 2024.
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